Overworld Seemingly Confirmed For Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Square Enix has all but confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will feature an open world, unlike the more linear exploration we saw in Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
After nearly a whole year of silence on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Square Enix has randomly decided to start giving us some updates on the game's progress in the form of comments from the developers. Yesterday, it confirmed that development on the game was going according to plan and that the team is still trying to "nail down" a release date. Now it's seemingly even confirmed one of the biggest questions everyone has about the game - whether it'll feature an open world.
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Over on the official Final Fantasy 7 Twitter page, the account shared a developer comment from Rebirth's director Naoki Hamaguchi, which responds to the question, "How will players journey through the world outside of Midgar in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth?". Hamaguchi's answer all but confirms that Rebirth will feature an open world to explore this time around, without explicitly saying that or the word "overworld".
Hamaguchi said, "Players will be able to journey across the wide and multifaceted world with a high degree of freedom, experiencing a myriad of different stories along the way". The emphasis on the world being "wide" and players getting a "high degree of freedom" is basically saying open-world, even without using that term.
Ever since Final Fantasy 7 Remake was confirmed not to feature an open world and that Square Enix had instead gone for something more linear, the biggest question for Rebirth is whether it'd follow the same route, especially now that Cloud and the gang are outside of Midgar. It didn't make much sense to go
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